Piran Minorite Monastery

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The Piran Minorite Monastery (Slovene : Minoritski samostan sv. Frančiška v Piranu) is a Roman Catholic monastery located on the hill above Piran, a port town on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Slovenia. It is operated by the Conventual Franciscans.

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Piran is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. The town has much medieval architecture, with narrow streets and compact houses. Piran is the administrative centre of the local area and one of Slovenia's major tourist attractions. Until the mid-20th century, Italian was the dominant language, but was replaced by Slovene as demographics shifted.

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History

Cloister of the Piran Minorite Monastery Franciscan monastery's atrium (Piran) 1.JPG
Cloister of the Piran Minorite Monastery
Arches of the cloister Franciscan monastery's atrium (Piran) 2.JPG
Arches of the cloister

Early history

The first church on top of the hill was already built in 1301, when a nearby church begun to be built by Greyfriars. Historiographers of the monastery (Trani, Granić in Frasson) wrote that Giuseppe Tartini received his first musical education in the monastery where his parents hired a room for him after 1700 A.D. From 1954 to 1990, it was nationalized and with denationalization it was given back to the church in 1996. [1]

Giuseppe Tartini Italian composer and violinist (1692–1770)

Giuseppe Tartini was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist.

Tartini family

At 300th anniversary of Giuseppe Tartini's birth, blueprints of old gravestones including the one belonging to Tartini's family, were found in the monastery's archives. [1]

Architecture

Leading to the cloister there is a half-arched portal adorned with richly carved columns, bearing an architrave with an inscription and coats of arms.

Musical events

The atrium of the monastery has been for decades the venue for Musical Evenings of Piran events.

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